The Addwebsite File Manager

The File Manager in your Website Control Panel includes a rapid, drag–and–drop function that will assist you to move files between your PC and your web hosting account with no need to use an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) tool. You can drag data files from your personal computer and drop them in your Website Control Panel with a mouse–click using a safe SSL connection.

The drag’n’drop functionality is integrated into the Website Control Panel, which means you do not need to deploy any third–party computer software to work with it. It also works well on all major Operating Systems, so all you have to do to employ it is sign in to your File Manager.

Most File Managers specify all of the actions that you can execute with a file or folder on the top of the webpage. We think this isn’t intuitive enough. Using the File Manager, you have access to all file management options at the time you right–click a file or folder. This approach is also valid for a number of files/folders.

It is possible to rename, copy, move, download, edit, preview, archive, unarchive and delete every file or folder you decide with simply a click of the mouse.

The File Manager offers a built in archive/unarchive solution that can assist you submit huge archives and extract them in to your web hosting account in the blink of an eye. The moment compressing a file or directory, it’s possible to decide on the name of the archive that is to be created along with its extension – .ZIP, .RAR or .TAR.GZ. In addition, you are able to archive existing files or folders with merely a click of the mouse.

The archive/unarchive option available at the File Manager allows you to handle enormous files directly from your Website Control Panel. You don’t have to use any third party software like an FTP client in order to upload a large file to your web hosting account or download an archive to your desktop.

Through the File Manager you can change your files instantly online by using the integrated software instruments. The text editor shows the files in a plain text file format, the code editor has syntax highlighting for your personal .PHP or .JS files, and the WYSIWYG editor allows you to see your edits while they appear online. Furthermore, all changes that you generate and save are going to be shown immediately on the world wide web, which enables you to review them within your web browser and get back to generate further modifications, in case you are not happy with the result.

You do not have to download your files, to edit them through your machine and then to re–upload them back into your account. All the editors are available via the buttons near the top of the file table or from your right–click context menus.

All the files in your website hosting account are sorted into folders. Every single host has its own primary folder, which uses the file hierarchy you have created. In this way, it is really straightforward to deal with all your hosts from a single place with no probability of getting lost or baffled.

By default, you will notice all of the hosts listed in a table and if you click once over a given host, you’ll see each of the sub–folders and files related to it. By clicking two times, you will go to a web page that is devoted to that host alone. An additional way to load the folder pertaining to a certain host and then to work with it solely, is to use the drop–down menu towards the top of the main File Manager file table.

Dealing with all of your files is user–friendly and easy using the Addwebsite Website Control Panel. You’ll experience a file management environment which is very close to your desktop machine’s file explorer. You are able to drag & drop files and manage them with a right mouse–click. With the in–built review option, you can view visuals the same as they will be on the Internet, and via the built–in file editors you could make adjusts to your files instantly.

If you would like assistance managing your files, you’ll be able to make reference to the massive array of articles and how–to educational videos, which you could get with a mouse–click.

Using the Addwebsite File Manager, you’re able to pick out a lot of files or folders just like you do on your personal computer. Simply keep pressed the Control (Command for Apple’s Mac OS) key and click on the desired files/folders. If you’d like, to choose a lot of files/folders simultaneously, simply click one file/folder, hold down the Shift key and click on any other file or folder.

After you have chosen all of the files that you want to, it is possible to drag them to a distinct directory, or use the right–click contextual menu to find out a listing of the accessible activities.

There is a single popular route to secure a directory using a pass word – by generating an .htaccess file. If, however, you are not technologically qualified sufficiently, you’ll have trouble doing the work all on your own. To make things simple, we have designed a user–friendly password protection user interface to the File Manager accessible in the Website Control Panel.

To make use of this option, simply right–click on a folder and select Password Protection. Following that choose the username plus the pass word that you want to use and click on the button. That’s it. The picked folder is going to be undetectable from the regular website visitors and will be available just to authorized users.